How to play MKV files in Windows Movie Maker

"I'm trying to make a project on windows movie maker but some of the clips i have are MKV files so it wont let me put them in, how do i convert the files, isn't there an easier way?"

MKV is a container format which is used to store common multimedia content, like movies or TV shows. MKV can't be imported to Windows Movie Maker directly who natively deal with AVI, WMV or MPG files.

In order to transfer MKV files to Windows Movie Maker, you'd better convert MKV files to Windows Movie Maker compatible video formats. Then, you will need a Video Converter to help you do the task.

MKV to Windows Movie Maker Converter is able to help you convert MKV videos to Windows Movie Maker supported video files so as to easy import MKV files to Windows Movie Maker for free editing.

Tips: MKV to Windows Movie Maker Converter can also convert other videos such as MOV, MP4 to Windows Movie Maker readable videos so that you can free playback videos on Windows Movie Maker.

Easy guide to convert MKV videos for Windows Movie Maker

Step 1: Import MKV videos

Click "Add Files" button to load MKV videos you want to convert. You can also directly drag the MKV video files into MKV to Windows Movie Maker Converter

Step 2: Select proper output format

Select AVI, WMV or MPG as output format for Windows Movie Maker and choose a proper output path as the destination folder for the converted files. After that, you can free transfer MKV videos to Windows Movie Maker

Step 3: Convert MKV to AVI, WMV or MPG for Windows Movie Maker

Click "Convert" to convert MKV to WMV/AVI/MPG for Windows Movie Maker. After that, you can free transfer MKV videos to Windows Movie Maker.